I didn’t sound like a centralized system from the article. More like they want a third party like Verisign or something.

It’s going to be both. Bluesky will verify users, but they’re also going to have other authorized verification entities.

From what I’ve seen, there will be two distinct types of blue check- users verified by Bluesky will have one mark, and users verified by a trusted authority will have a different mark.

Now who will those third-party verifiers be, and how will they be selected, hasn’t been announced yet.